JPH08301411A - Book order control facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate confirmation of management condition of books whose orders are received, in a book order control facility which accepts a book order, sorts the books by orderers, and issues the chits of the books sorted. CONSTITUTION: This facility is equipped with order registering means to apply administrative number by books whose order is received, stock controlling means, order giving means to give orders for books to publishing companies, receipt of goods registering means 30, and book tracing means 10 which transfers between each means and signals, judges the registration of the receipt of books in the receipt of goods registering means 30 concerning the books whose order are receipted, and the sorts by books whose receipt are registered and the stocks drawn by the stock controlling means by orderers, and transfers the results judged to each means. The book tracing means 10 is equipped with memory means so that the administrative numbers applied by the order registering means 20 can be memorized by orderers and the books, further management information executed in each means according to the results judged which were sent to each means can be memorized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a book order management facility for accepting book orders, sorting books according to their order destinations, and issuing the sorted book slips.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ordering books and managing sales amount at bookstores have been performed for each book. The bookstore, the agency, and the publisher perform slip processing for each book, insert a strip of slips into the book to make the book correspond to the sold slip, and at the time of sales, the bookstore extracts and processes the slip. There is. Further, the slip that is folded in half at the center and sandwiched between the books is divided into a sales slip portion and an order supplement slip portion. This strip of voucher
It is generally called a strip as an industry term for bookstores,
Hereinafter referred to as a strip.

The newly published books are outsourced to the agency by the publisher. At the agency, we consider the sales scale of each bookstore and distribute a proper number to each bookstore with a short strip of new books. The bookstore cuts off and returns the short order replenishment voucher section for items to be replenished when the book is sold, and the agency stores the order from the bookstore by sending the short order replenishment voucher section from the bookstore.

For the strip, the ISBN code for identifying the book to be issued by the agency is displayed in OCR characters, and the agency has handed over the book name to the bookstore before handing it to the bookstore. There is a strip for handwriting without a sales slip section. Handwritten strips are used when ordering new books that have not been outsourced by a bookstore to a next store due to customer orders or the like.

Computers have been introduced at the agency stores to manage books that have received orders, and to rewrite the order replenishment voucher and the handwritten strips into new strips. Upon receipt of the short order replenishment slip section at the agency, the worker registers the order data from the computer terminal.

When the OCR characters are printed, strip information is input by an OCR character reading device, and kanji and handwritten portions are input by a worker using a keyboard, a tablet or the like. By registering the order data, we are issuing new strips for the books ordered. In this strip,
Prescribed information such as the order destination, the title of the book, the publisher, the ISBN code for identifying the book, and the price is described.

[0007] Recently, at a major bookstore, an ISBN code written on a book or a strip is read from a terminal device by a handy reader or the like to input order data of the book, and an agent is transmitted by a signal via a general communication line. Automatic ordering has also been performed.

[0008] When the order contents are registered in the management computer of the agent store, the agent stores collates with the stock item, issues a stock issue list for the stock item, takes out the stock item based on the issue list, and inserts the strip. There is. For books that are out of stock or that are out of stock, the rest of the short strips issued are sent to the publisher, and the short strips are inserted between the books and delivered to the agency.

When the book is received from the publisher, the agency reads the delivery address of the bookstore or the like described in the strip and sorts based on the read information. Next, when the sorted books are full, the books in the packing box are
It is put into the SBN code automatic reader, the ISBN code written on the back cover of the book is read, the book is identified, the delivery slip is issued, and the worker sends the issued delivery slip together with the book. .

Reading the code of the book, sorting,
As a device for issuing a slip, there is a device described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-1728.

[0011]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Conventionally, in the agency,
The OCR characters on the strips are input by a reading device such as a handy reader, but the name of the bookstore of the shipping destination or the name of a strip of handwritten strips is often written in abbreviations and kanji that combine English letters and symbols. Is entered by the operator.

Of these, a large bookstore with a large order volume,
Book titles with a large order quantity can be entered relatively easily by preparing them on the tablet. On the other hand, with regard to handwritten strips issued by small and medium-sized bookstores, many man-hours were required for input.

For this reason, if the order quantity suddenly increases,
Sometimes I can't fill in all the text and send a handwritten strip directly to the publisher in an attempt to secure the publisher's inventory. Books delivered with handwritten strips are sorted before being sorted.
It is necessary to rewrite a handwritten strip into a strip that has a sales slip section and an order replenishment slip section so that the sales amount can be managed and the order can be supplemented. This rewriting work is performed when the amount of work is small.

As described above, if data is not registered in the computer of the agency, an order will be placed with the publisher even if the agency has stock, and the delivered books will be immediately rewritten into strips. However, it does not mean that the delivery time becomes longer.

Further, at the agent store, the books are sorted by a sorting machine, and the instruction of the sorting destination is made by reading the strips. The strip is sandwiched between books, leaving about 30mm above it.

In the content written on the upper part of the strip, the bookstore information of the sorting destination is prioritized over the limitation on the area, and the display of the sorting bookstore is generally indicated by an abbreviation or a kanji character that is a combination of letters and symbols. . Further, since many of these bookstore displays are stamped with a rubber stamp or the like, they cannot be automatically read and are read by an operator to specify a sorting destination.

Therefore, a large number of man-hours are required for sorting. Further, until the ISBN code of the book is read, it is not possible to identify what the sorted book is. Therefore, in order to identify the book, it is necessary to read the ISBN code described in the book in addition to reading the sorting destination with the strip.

Therefore, the books cannot be identified until the sorted books are filled in the packing box, loaded into the ISBN code automatic reader, and the shipping slip is issued. Therefore, when an inquiry is received from a bookstore, it may be difficult to confirm what kind of processing status (for example, an order has been placed with a publisher) of the book for which the agency has received the order.

If the data is registered in the computer of the agency when the strip is issued, the processing status can be confirmed until the book is ordered to the publisher or the stock is allocated, but otherwise. Until the shipping slip was issued when the books were shipped, the processing status could not be confirmed from the computer.

Therefore, the book cannot be confirmed from the computer until the shipping slip is issued, and when the inquiry is received from the bookstore, it is confirmed whether the book is actually received or not. I was going. Therefore, a lot of man-hours are required.

For items ordered from the publisher without being registered in the computer of the agent, there is no other confirmation method than the actual item. As described above, it is a heavy burden on the agency to confirm the processing status of the book for which the order is accepted.

An object of the present invention is to provide a book order management facility that facilitates confirmation of the processing status of books that have received orders.

[0023]

The book order management facility of the present invention receives a book order, sorts the accepted books by the ordering party, and issues a sorted book slip. At, we accept book orders,
Order registration means for assigning a management number to each received book, inventory management means for managing the inventory of books, ordering means for ordering books to the publisher, receipt registration of books ordered by the publisher and sorting destination The stock registration means for specifying the above, the allocation of stock items in the stock management means for the books that have received and received the signals by the respective means, and the order to the publisher when there is no stock item, and the stock registration Book registration means for registering the arrival of books by means, and book tracking means for judging the sorting of the registered books and the stock items allocated by the inventory management means for each order destination, and outputting the judgment result to each means. The tracking means has a storage means, and stores the management number assigned by the order registration means in the storage means for each order destination and for each book, and further determines each of the above according to the judgment result issued to each means. Processing information stage was conducted also intended to be stored, further characterized in that it comprises a display means for displaying the information stored in the storage unit for each order destination and per book.

[0024]

[Operation] The order management means is
A management number is assigned to each book. The storage unit of the book tracking unit stores, for each book, the book for which an order has been accepted, the management number of the book, the order destination, and the processing state of the book in association with each other. The book tracking means receives processing information each time a book that has received an order has been processed by the inventory management means, the ordering means, and the arrival registration means, and processes the information between the book management means, the ordering means, and the arrival registration means. The processed book and the management number are associated with each other, and the processing information of the book is stored in the storage unit of the book tracking unit for each management number. Since the processing information of each book stored in the storage means is displayed on the display means, the processing status of the book can be easily confirmed.

[0025]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 is an external view of a book order management facility 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit, FIG. 3 is an operation flow, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data registration state of ordered books. Is.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the present apparatus manages ordered books and an order tracker 10 serving as book tracking means for tracking ordered books, and receives and manages book orders. An order registration device 20 serving as an order registration means for giving a number, and an arrival registration device 30 serving as an arrival registration means having a reading means of a book identification code for confirming a book that has arrived.
And a sorting machine 50 serving as sorting means for sorting books.
And a slip issuing machine 60 which is a slip issuing means for issuing a slip to a bookstore.

As shown in FIG. 2, the order registration device 20 is connected with the terminal device 1 for ordering books from the bookstore side. The terminal 1 is connected to a handy reader 2 for reading the ISBN code of a book and a keyboard 3. The order register 20 has an order management computer 21. The order management computer 21 is connected to a plurality of means for receiving book orders.

For example, in addition to the terminal 1 for ordering books from a bookstore, when the order is received by the order replenishment slip section of the strips 5 sandwiched between the books, the bar code and the OCR characters written on the strips 5 are common. The bar code or OCR character is not written on the reading device 22 or the strip 5, or when the reading error occurs, the terminal device 23 for order reception that sends the read information to the order management computer 21 It is connected to the management computer 21.

The terminal device 23 has a handy reader 24 for commonly reading the ISBN code or the bar code of the strip 5.
Also, a keyboard 25 is connected for inputting when an order is received by facsimile or telephone or when the strip 5 cannot be read by the handy reader 24.

Upon receipt of the order, the order management computer 21 sends information about the ordered book to the book management computer 11 of the order tracking device 10. The book management computer 11 of the order tracking device 10 has an order master table 12 serving as a storage unit, and the information received from the order management computer 21 is registered therein.

The order master table 12 of the book management computer 11 registers and manages order data of bookstores. The book management computer 11 is connected to a printer 7 as an ordering means for issuing the strips 5 for ordering books to a publisher and a terminal 17 as a display means for the order tracking device 10. As will be described later, information such as the processing status of the book and the shipping date and time is displayed on the display 19 by operating the keyboard 18.

Further, the book management computer 11 is connected to the stock management computer 14 of the book stock section 15. The stock management of the books in the book stock section 15 is performed between the stock management computer 14 and the book management computer 11.

The inventory management computer 14 has a printer (not shown) for creating a form for ordering inventory items,
Manage the order inventory quantity, statistically process the inventory status of books,
The stock quantity of each book is adjusted to determine the number of orders, and order slips are automatically issued.

Further, the book stock section 15 includes an arrival registration unit and a sorting unit (not shown). When a book ordered for stock arrives, the arrival registration unit registers the arrival. The sorting machine sorts the books, and the worker stores the books in a desired storage position in the book stocking section 15.

A stock management computer 4 on the publisher side, which serves as a publisher stock confirmation means, is placed at some publishers to manage the stock amount of each book in the book storage unit 6a of the publisher, and the book management computer 11 According to the priority processing information described later, the publisher inventory data for the book for which the order is accepted is delivered, the inventory of the publisher is searched, and the inventory item is reserved.

The book storage section 6b without the stock management computer 4 for exchanging data with the book management computer 11
For a publisher having the above, an operator confirms the stock amount of each book in the book storage unit 6b of the publisher by telephone and makes a reservation, and inputs book reservation information from the terminal device 17.

An arrival registration device 30 that confirms the books that have arrived
Has a data processing computer 31, registers the arrival of books ordered by the strip 5, and sends and receives book information to and from the book management computer 11 of the order tracking device 10. Further, the data processing computer 31 is connected to a bar code reading device 32 for automatically reading the bar code of the strip 5 sandwiched between books and a terminal device 33.

The terminal device 33 is a bar code reading device 32.
When the bar code cannot be automatically read in, the book information is input using the handy reader 34 or the keyboard 35.

The arrival registration device 30 is connected to the sorting machine 50 and delivers books and book data to the sorting machine 50. The sorting machine 50 sorts the books sent from the arrival registration device 30. The sorting machine 50 has a sorting section provided for each destination of the books, and sorts the sent books into the storage container 51.

The sorting machine 50 is also connected to the book management computer 11. Further, the sorting machine 50 is connected to the slip issuing machine 60, and the slip issuing machine 60 is connected to the order tracking device 10.
Connected to the book management computer 11 of
The delivery slip 61 of the book stored in the storage container 51 conveyed from is issued.

Next, the operation of the book order management facility 100 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. First, the book order management facility 100 receives an order from a bookstore by the order register 20 (step S10). At the bookstore, the order data of the book is input by operating the terminal device 1 by reading the barcode or the OCR character described in the order replenishment slip portion of the strip 5 with the handy reader 2. An order register 20 for ordering books from a bookstore via the terminal 1 for book ordering
If accepted, the order management computer 2
The data of the ordered book is sent to 1.

When an order is received from the bookstore in the strip 5, the data of the ordered book is read by the reader 22 and the terminal device 23 and input to the order management computer 21.
If the strip 5 has a bar code or OCR character relating to book information, the strip 5 is read by the reader 22 and the information of the ordered book is input. When there is a reading error in the reader 22, when there is no bar code or OCR character in the strip 5, and when an order is received by the handwritten strip 5, a facsimile, a telephone, etc., the handy reader 24 connected to the terminal 23 Or, input the information of the ordered book from the keyboard 25.

When the order management computer 21 receives the order information of the books, the order management computer 21 assigns a management number to each book in the order in which the order is received, and further assigns the order numbers to each bookstore and the type of book in the order in which the order is received on the same order reception day. The book management computer 1 of the order tracker 10 collects information about an order such as a bookstore code for identifying a bookstore, an ISBN code of a book for identifying a book, a priority of obtaining an ordered book, and an order date and time.
Send to 1. The bookstore code for identifying the bookstore is a unique code assigned to the bookstore contracting with the agency, and is arranged in advance with the bookstore.

When the book management computer 11 receives the information on the order, it registers the order data in the order master table 12 (step S20). The order master table 12 individually manages the books received by the management number one by one. Corresponding to the management number, the ISBN code of the book, priority processing, price, state (processing status), order date and time, order number, Register data such as shipping date and time.

Note that the order master table 12 can also register the processing status of the ordered books, which will be described later, for each book.
By operating the terminal device 17, the worker can display the information of the order master table 12 on the display 19 for a certain bookstore and perform a search.

As an example, the information of the order master table 12 is displayed on a screen in which ordered books are totaled for each bookstore as shown in FIG. By inputting the bookstore code on this screen, information for a desired bookstore can be searched.

"Status" in the screen of FIG. 4 means order acceptance,
The processing status of a book is represented by a numerical value of 10 to 70 for each management number so that the processing status of stock, publisher stock, order, assortment, unshipped, and shipped can be confirmed. By displaying this screen on the display 19, it is possible to search the processing status of the book for which the order is placed.

In step S20 at the time of order registration, the processing status is registered as an order reception. In the screen of FIG. 4, the information for identifying the book is displayed by the ISBN code of the book,
The ISBN code may be converted and the book title may be directly displayed. In the screen of FIG. 4, whether to display the book with the ISBN code or the book name can be switched by inputting a designated character in the book code conversion portion.

"Priority processing" in the screen of FIG. 4 means
The processing is determined according to the priority of obtaining the book, and in this embodiment, the processing is divided into three stages. Here, the priority process 1 has the highest priority and the order is canceled if there is no inventory at the agency.

In the priority process 2, the order is canceled if the publisher has the next highest urgency and there is no stock at the publisher. Even if the publisher has no stock, the priority process 3 does not cancel the order, and waits until the next print or plate is published.

In the order master table 12 of the book management computer 11, if a certain amount of the order data 2 and 3 of the order data is registered (for example, for 50 stores), the processing state is the order acceptance. The objects are collected into one set and the processing from step S30 is performed. On the other hand, when priority order 1 is registered in the order master table 12, the process from step S30 onward is performed page by page.

If the “state” is (order) acceptance, the order master table 12 is the book inventory section 1.
The stock management computer 14 of No. 5 is accessed to search the stock information of the corresponding book in the book stock section 15 (step S30). The book management computer 11 determines whether or not the books can be assigned to the book stock in the order of the management numbers (step S40).

When there are books that can be reserved in the book stock section 15, the stock management computer 14 updates the stock quantity by reducing the stock quantity data by the allocated quantity (step S).
50), the book management computer 11 changes the processing status of the order master table 12 to inventory. The stock management computer 14 manages the stock quantity, statistically processes the stock status of books, and automatically places an order for books with a large number of orders.

Next, the book management computer 11 issues the allocated book strips 5 by the printer 7 (step S).
60). On the strip 5 issued by the printer 7, the management number is converted into a barcode and printed on the top.

Further, in the processing of step S60, the strips 5 are issued in the order in which the books in the book stocking section 15 are lined up. The worker takes out the books from the book inventory unit 15 in the order of the issued strips 5, and sandwiches the strips 5 between the books that have been delivered (step S70).

In the process of step S40, when there is no stock of books that can be assigned to the book stock section 15, the book management computer 11 determines whether or not an order can be placed with the publisher. Here, when the data of the priority processing 1 is registered in the order master table 12, it is determined that "ordering is not possible" (step S80).

The book management computer 11 displays "Inventory out of order is impossible" on the terminal 1 of the bookstore via the order management computer 21. For bookstores that do not have the terminal 1, the display of the terminal 23 displays "Inventory out of order", and the worker contacts the bookstore by telephone or facsimile. Next, the registration data of the order master table 12 is erased to cancel the order acceptance (step S90), and the process is completed.

If the stock could not be allocated in the process of step S40, but the data of the priority processes 2 and 3 is registered in the order master table 12, it is determined in step S80 that "ordering is possible", and the stock of the publisher. Is searched (step S100). The book management computer 11 confirms the presence / absence of a book in the book storage unit 6a of the publisher with respect to each of the sets that are collectively processed into one, and reserves the book.

As will be described later, the publisher waits for the reserved strip 5 of the book to arrive, and then inserts the strip 5 into the book and sends it to the agency. For a publisher that does not have the stock management computer 4 connected to the book management computer 11, the worker confirms the presence or absence of the book in the book storage unit 6b of the publisher by telephone or the like, reserves the book, and then the terminal Book reservation information is input to the book management computer 11 from the container 17.

The book management computer 11 uses the priority process 2
Of the data registered in the order master table 12 is determined in the order of the management numbers, and then it is determined whether the data of the priority processing 3 is registered. (Step S11
0).

When there is a book that can be assigned to the publisher, the book management computer 11 assigns the book and changes the processing status of the order master table 12 to the stock of the publisher. Next, the book management computer 11 causes the printer 7 to issue the strip 5 of the book for which the publisher stock has been allocated (step S130). The strips 5 are grouped, for example, by a paper strip or the like which is displayed as a stock reservation so that it can be identified as a stock reservation for the publisher, and sent to the publisher (step S14).
0).

In the process of step S110, when there is no stock of books that can be assigned to the book storage units 6a and 6b of the publisher, the book management computer 11 determines whether or not an order can be placed with the publisher (step S120).

Here, when the data of the priority processing 2 is registered in the order master table 12, the book management computer 11 displays a message "Order out of stock is impossible" on the display of the terminal 1 via the order management computer 21. To do. For a bookstore without the terminal 1, the display of the terminal 23 displays “Inventory not available for order”, and the worker contacts the bookstore by telephone or the like.

After these processes, the registration data in the order master table 12 is erased to cancel the order acceptance (step S160), and the process is finished. On the other hand, step S12
If the data of the priority processing 3 is registered in the processing of 0, the processing status is changed to order and the step S
Moving to 130, the strip 5 is published. The strip 5 is issued separately from the booked stock of the publisher as described above, and is bundled with a paper strip or the like so as to be discriminated from the stocked stock of the publisher and sent to the publisher (step S140). The strips 5 to be sent to the publisher are arranged on different paper strips, but the reserved and non-reserved strips may be printed in different colors so that the reserved portions can be identified.

For the priority order 3 ordered products, the publisher receives an expected delivery time reply for the products whose processing status is ordered and registered in the order master table 12.
It may be displayed on the display 19 of the terminal device 17. As this display method, for example, the last one digit of the "state" may be displayed on the display screen of FIG.
If the status is 41, it is displayed for about one week, and if it is 42, it is displayed for about two weeks.

At the publisher, the strip 5 is inserted into the book from the reserved stock and delivered to the agency. If the stock is out of stock, the next printing or printing is waited for to be published, or the returned copy is allocated and delivered (step S150).

When the publisher inserts the strip 5 into the book and delivers it to the agency, the delivered book is bundled with the book issued from the book inventory section 15 by the processing in step S40 and thereafter together with the arrival registration machine 30. Sent to. In the arrival registration device 30, the book is inserted into the barcode reading device 32 for identifying the book, and the barcode of the strip 5 is read here (step S170).

If the bar code reading device 32 cannot read the bar code automatically and a reading error occurs, the bar code is read by the handy reader 34 or data is input by the keyboard 35.

The bar code reading error occurs when the strip 5 is inserted deeper than necessary in a book so that the bar code part is hidden, folded upside down, or bent. The management number of the strip 5 read by the barcode reading device 32 or the terminal device 33 is sent to the data processing computer 31.

The data processing computer 31 transmits the management number of the strip 5 sandwiched between the read books to the book management computer 11. Order Master Table 1 here
Change the processing state of 2 to assortment. Books are loaded into the sorting machine 50 from the arrival registration device 30 in the order in which the management numbers are read.

The data processing computer 31 is the sorting machine 5
The data of the management number and the data of the bookstore code corresponding to the management number are passed to 0 together with the book. The book is loaded with data such as a bookstore code and loaded into the sorting machine 50 and sorted into a sorting section corresponding to the bookstore code (step S18).
0).

Books are sorted by the sorting machine 50 into the storage containers 51 shown in FIG. 1 in each sorting bookstore in the sorting section corresponding to the bookstore code. When the books are sorted into the storage containers 51, the processing status of the order master table 12 is changed to unshipped, and it is checked whether there is a priority change request for the sorted books (step S190).

The priority is registered in the order master table 12 by operating the terminal device 17 when a priority shipping request is received from a bookstore via the terminal device 1 or when a priority shipping request is received by telephone or facsimile. The content is changed (step S200).

If there is the priority processing 1 for the sorted books, even before the storage container 51 is full,
Immediately after the sorting process of the books loaded in the sorting machine 50 at that time, the books are unloaded from the sorting section of the sorting machine 50. If there is no request for shipping in the priority process 1, the books are sorted until the storage container 51 is full, and then the books are transported from the sorting section (step S210).

The book management computer 11 constantly grasps what kind of books are stored in the storage container 51 for each sorting destination by extracting the data containing unsent data in the state indicating the processing status. be able to. When the books stored in the storage container 51 are shipped, the storage container 5
1 moves toward the slip issuing machine 60.

The book management computer 11 collects, for each applicable bookstore, those whose processing status (state) on the order master table 12 has not been sent out, and sends the data such as the book name and price to the slip issuing machine 60 for storage. The shipping slip 61 for the books stored in the container 51 is issued (step S220).

Here, the processing status is changed to shipping and the issued delivery slip 61 is stored in the storage container 51 and shipped (step S230), and the processing ends. It should be noted that the data in the order master table 12 is not erased immediately after shipment, and the management number of the issued strip 5 is read by the order register 20 and an order for a new book is entered or the book is returned. It will be retained until it expires, a certain period of time has passed after the return deadline, or it is discontinued.

By this, when an order is received from a bookstore by the strip 5, the bookstore information and the information such as the book identification code can be converted by reading the management number, which facilitates the registration processing of the ordered book. .

Since the management number is taken for each book and the processing status is registered in the order master table 12, the processing when an inquiry is received from a bookstore is simplified. By inputting the bookstore code of the bookstore inquired by the operator into the terminal device 17, the order master table 12 relating to the desired bookstore 12
Information can be displayed on the display 19.

Since the processing status of the book can be seen on the display 19, it is easy to confirm. As a result, it is possible to always know what kind of processing situation the ordered book is in, so it becomes easy to answer inquiries from the bookstore, and the man-hours at the agency can be reduced. In addition, the worker can reply the delivery date by looking at the processing status of the book that has received the order.

Although the information of the order master table 12 is displayed on the display 19 of the terminal device 17, the display of the terminal device 23 can also display the inventory management status (display such as "stock not ordered"). .

By operating the terminal device 23, the terminal device 2
The information of the order master table 12 is displayed on the display 3 and the operator of the terminal device 23 responds to the inquiry from the bookstore. Further, it is possible to input a priority change, a stock reservation of a publisher, or the like from the terminal device 23 via the order management computer 21. By doing so, the terminal 17 can be omitted.

Even when the books are sorted, the reading work is facilitated because the management numbers are written on the strips 5 by the bar code. Read the control number and order master table 12
By comparing with the information stored in, the bookstore of the sorting destination can be identified, so that the sorting destination can be automatically designated.
Further, since the book can be identified from the management number, it is not necessary to confirm the book again after sorting.

Since the management number is described in the strip 5 in the form of a bar code, when the order is received from the book store by the strip 5, the bar code can be read to obtain the information about the book store or the book from the management number. . There is no need to manually enter bookstore information, automatic reading is possible, and the number of registration work steps can be reduced.

Since the strips 5 issued by the agency can be automatically read, the registration man-hours can be suppressed even if the order quantity increases. Since the work amount is leveled, it is possible to secure the input man-hours for the handwritten strip.

By registering the order data, the stock of the publisher can be searched, and the stock of the stock of the publisher can be reserved before ordering. Book can be booked faster than sending the strip 5 directly to the publisher. Since the input of the strip 5 becomes easy, it is not necessary to place an order to the publisher without registering even if the work amount has a peak, so that the processing status can be surely confirmed.

Further, even if a reminder to ship the book for which the order is accepted is received, the collation is facilitated. By operating the terminal device 17, the contents of the books sorted for each bookstore are taken out from the data of the order master table 12, and the books stored in the storage container 51 can be confirmed by extracting the ones whose processing status has not been shipped. .

If the requested book has been sorted, it can be shipped before the storage container 51 is full, and if it is not stored in the storage container 51, the requested book is sorted into the storage container 51. It can also be shipped at the time of delivery.
By doing so, it is possible to expedite the delivery of books to be placed in a bookstore with a small order quantity.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the above embodiment, all the orders to the publishers are placed in the strips 5, but in addition to the ordering in the strips 5, other ordering means can be adopted. If the publisher has an inventory management computer 4 that manages the number of books in the book storage unit 6a, and the data can be delivered by signal transmission via the general communication line with the book management computer 11 of the agency, the book of the agency is available. Management computer 11
May be used as the ordering means.

The delivery of the strip 5 between the agency and the publisher is abolished, and the order management process is performed between the book management computer 11 and the stock management computer 4 of the publisher. When the stock management computer 4 of the publisher receives an order from the book management computer 11, the stock management computer 4 immediately issues a delivery slip to the agent for the book having the book in the book storage unit 6a and delivers the book to the agent. This ordering method is hereinafter referred to as electronic ordering.

The arrival registration device 30 of the present embodiment has data processing computers 31 and 41. The data processing computer 41 performs the arrival registration of electronically ordered books, and the data processing computer 31 orders the strips 5. Register the arrival of books. In this way, the data processing computers are arranged in parallel to divide the processing target.

The data processing computer 41 has a book I
An ISBN code reading device 42 and a terminal device 43 for automatically reading the SBN code are connected. If the ISBN code reading device 42 cannot automatically read the ISBN code, the ISBN code is input by the handy reader 44 of the terminal device 43 or the keyboard 45. Further, the data processing computer 41 is connected to a printer 46 that issues the strip 5 based on the data held by the book management computer 11.

The data processing computer 31 has the same configuration as the data processing computer 31 shown in FIG. 2, and is connected with the bar code reading device 32 and the terminal device 33. The terminal device 33 includes a handy reader 34 and a keyboard 35.
It has.

Next, the operation of the book order management facility 100 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 3 differs from the operation shown in FIG. 3 in step S of FIG.
The processing of steps 130 to S150 and step S170 is changed from step SA220 to step SA230 in FIG. 6, and a part is to place an electronic order.

If there is a stock of books that can be assigned to the publisher in the process of step S110, or if the order to the publisher is decided in the process of step S120, then the ordering method is decided according to the publisher. Yes (Step SA13
0). When the stock management computer 4 of the publisher is connected to the book management computer 11, electronic ordering of books is performed by sending order data to the stock management computer 4 (step SA180).

When the publisher receives an order from the book management computer 11, the stock management computer 4 immediately uses the printer (not shown) connected to the stock management computer 4 if the stock of the book can be allocated in the process of step S110. The shipping slip is issued, and the operator of the publisher issues the book described in the shipping slip from the book storage unit 6a and ships it together with the shipping slip to the agency.

For books whose stock could not be allocated, wait until the next edition or printing is published,
Alternatively, the inventory management computer 4 issues a goods delivery slip after waiting for the goods to be returned, and arranges the books described in the goods delivery slip and sends them together with the goods delivery slip to the agency.

When a book arrives from a publisher who has made an electronic order (step SA190), the ISBN code of the book is first read by being loaded into the ISBN code reading device 42, and the book is identified ( Step S
A200).

The data processing computer 41 is connected to the ISBN code reading device 42 for reading the ISBN code described in the book. However, in order to speed up the reading of the ISBN code, a plurality of IBN codes are read as shown in the figure.
The SBN code reading device 42 may be connected.

For a book in which the ISBN code cannot be automatically read and a reading error occurs, the terminal device 4 is manually operated.
Handy reader 44 and keyboard 45 connected to 3
Enter the ISBN code from. The ISBN code read by the ISBN code reading device 42 or the terminal 43 is sent to the data processing computer 41.

The data processing computer 41 transmits the read ISBN code of the book to the book management computer 11. Here, the book whose ISBN code has been read and the management number are assigned (step SA210).
The management numbers are assigned to the books in order from the oldest management number in the priority process 2. For the book assigned, the processing status (state) of the order master table 12 is changed to assortment.

When the book is assigned, the information registered in the order master table 12 regarding the assigned book is sent to the data processing computer 41. The data processing computer 41 uses the printer 46 to convert the management number of the book assigned thereto into a bar code and print it.
Is issued (step SA220).

The strips 5 are issued in the order in which they are loaded into the sorting machine 50 from the arrival registration device 30. The strips 5 are sandwiched between books before being loaded into the sorting machine 50. Strip 5
Since the books are issued in the order in which they are read, the strips 5 and the books can be associated with each other.

Since the books are loaded into the sorting machine 50 in the order in which the codes are read, the data of the bookstore code, which is the sorting destination of the books, and the management number is passed from the data processing computer 41 to the sorting machine 50 at this time. Since the book is loaded into the sorting machine 50 with the data such as the management number and the bookstore code added in the order in which the ISBN code is read, the book can be sorted into the sorting section corresponding to the bookstore number (step S180).

On the other hand, the book storage unit 6b without the inventory management computer 4 is the place to place an order in the processing of step SA130.
In the case of a publisher having, the order is placed in the strip 5. Order data is sent from the order master table 12 of the book management computer 11 to the printer 7, and the order strip 5 is issued from there (step SA140).

Hereinafter, steps SA140 to SA1 in FIG. 6 will be described.
The processing of 70 is steps S130 to S150 and S1 of FIG.
In the same manner as 70, the books are loaded into the sorting machine 50 from the arrival registration device 30 in the order in which the strips 5 are read, and sorted into the sorting section corresponding to the bookstore number (step S1).
80). Next, the processes of steps S190 to S230 of FIG. 6 are performed in the same manner as steps S190 to S230 of FIG.

According to this embodiment, it is not necessary to reciprocate the strip 5 between the publisher and the agency for books ordered electronically, and the books can be shipped immediately if the publisher has an inventory. Therefore, delivery time can be shortened.

Although the strip 5 is used in the above embodiment, in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, all orders from the bookstore to the agency are made by the terminal 1, and the order from the agency to the publisher. All of these are electronically ordered from the book management computer 11 of the agency to the inventory management computer 4 of the publisher, and the strip 5 is eliminated.

The control block of this embodiment is different from that shown in FIG. 5 in that all bookstores are equipped with the terminals 1, and the bookstores make an order from the terminal 1 to the agency, and all the publishers. The stock management computer 4 is provided, the stock management of the books of the book management unit 6a is carried out, the data is delivered to and from the book management computer 11 of the agency, and the stock register 30 for checking the books received at the agency is a strip. That is, the data processing computer 31 for processing 5 is not provided, but only the data processing computer 41 for electronic order processing is provided.

The data processing computer 41 is connected to the ISBN code reading device 42 and the terminal device 43, and
The ISBN read error product is read by the handy reader 44 and keyboard 45 of 3. The order management computer 21 of the order registration device 20 is connected to the terminal device 1 and the terminal device 23. If you receive an order by telephone or fax,
The information of the ordered book is input from the keyboard 25 of the terminal device 23. The printer 7 for the book management computer 11 is abolished. Further, when the stock in the book stock section 15 is insufficient, the stock management computer 14 electronically orders a book from the publisher through the book management computer 11. Stock registration for stock orders in the book stock section 15 is also commonly processed by the stock registration unit 30.

Next, the operation of the book order management facility 100 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 3 is different from the operation shown in FIG. 3 in that the process of step S60 of FIG. 3 is changed to step SB60 of FIG.
The processing of S150 and S170 is performed in step SB130 of FIG.
~ SB150, all electronic orders.

In FIG. 3, the stock is issued by taking out the issued strip 5 in the process of step S60, but in FIG. 8, the form for taking out the stock is issued in the process of step SB60. Books are taken out from the book inventory unit 15 based on the issued forms.

In FIG. 3, the order is issued to the publisher by issuing the strip 5 in the processing of steps S130 and S140, but in FIG.
130 electronic orders. Further, books ordered for the book inventory unit 15 are also electronically ordered from the inventory management computer 14 via the book management computer 11 to the inventory management computer 4 of the publisher.

[0114] The stock is issued (step S70) or the book electronically ordered from the publisher arrives (step SB14).
Processing after 0) is unified. That is, the books issued from the book inventory unit 15 in the processing of step S50 and subsequent steps, and the books sent from the publisher by electronic ordering,
Books in the inventory section 15 are electronically ordered, and the books for inventory sent from the publisher are collectively processed.

First, the ISBN code is read to identify the book (step SB150). The data processing computer 41 transmits the read ISBN code of the book to the book management computer 11. The book management computer 11 identifies the book by receiving the ISBN code.

Books in the order master table 12 whose processing status is stock are given first priority, those whose processing status is publisher's stock are given second priority, those whose processing status is ordered are given third priority, and the management numbers are old. The management numbers are assigned in order, and the remaining books are assigned to the stock in the book stock section 15.

When the book management computer 11 allocates a book and a management number, the book management computer 11 sends to the data processing computer 41 the information and management number of the sorting destination registered in the order master table 12 from the management number of the book. In addition, the books assigned to the stock of the book inventory unit 15 are sent to the data processing computer 41 with the information of the sorting destination as the book inventory unit 15.

Books are carried into the sorting machine 50 in the order in which the ISBN code is read from the ISBN code reading device 42 of the arrival registration device 30. At this time, for the books to be sorted into the bookstores, the data of the bookstore code and the management number is passed from the data processing computer 41 to the sorting machine 50 together with the books. For the books sorted into the book inventory unit 15, the ISBN code reading result of the books is passed from the data processing computer 41 to the book inventory unit 15 together with the books.

Books are loaded into the sorting machine 50 in the order in which the codes are read, and loaded with the data such as the management number and the bookstore code, so that the books can be sorted into the sorting section corresponding to the bookstore (step S180).

Next, the processing of steps S190 to S230 is performed in the same manner as the processing of steps S190 to S230 of FIG. According to the present embodiment, there is no delivery of the strips 5, and all books are ordered by sending and receiving data, so the delivery date of the books is shortened. Further, since the order data input by the bookstore at the time of ordering can be used, the number of steps for inputting the order data can be reduced and erroneous input can be prevented. Since the information of the books that have received the order is always registered, the processing status of all books can be confirmed.

Since the strips 5 can be eliminated, the issuance cost of the strips 5 and the number of man-hours for sandwiching the strips 5 can be reduced. Furthermore, since books ordered for inventory are also assigned in a batch,
Books that arrive with stock orders can be assigned to the back-order books that have been ordered from the publisher, which speeds up delivery.

Note that when shipping is completed for all books that have received orders for each orderee, the data stored in the order master table 12 retains the data for a certain period of time in order to respond to the inquiry from the orderee. Incidentally, after the accounting business period or a certain period of time has passed, the order master table 1 is moved to an external storage means (not shown), for example, a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a floppy disk or the like.
It is advisable to prevent the amount of data stored in 2 from increasing and to downsize the device so that it is possible to deal with the confirmation that may happen at a later date.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments.
The present invention is not limited to these. For example,
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, improvements, combinations, and the like can be made.

[0124]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a book order management facility that facilitates confirmation of the processing status of books for which orders have been accepted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a book order management facility showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control unit in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state of data registration in the embodiment of FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing a control unit in a book order management facility according to an embodiment different from the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control unit in a book order management facility according to an embodiment different from the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation in the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 17, 23, 33, 43 ... Terminals, 2, 24, 3
4, 44 ... Handy reader 3, 18, 25, 35, 45 ... Keyboard, 4 ... Inventory management computer 5 ... Strips, 6a, 6b ... Book storage section, 7, 46 ... Printer 10 ... Order tracker, 11 ... Book Management computer, 12
… Order master table 14… Inventory management computer, 15… Book inventory department, 19
... Display 20 ... Order register, 21 ... Order management computer, 22
... reader 30 ... arrival registration device, 31, 41 ... data processing computer 32 ... bar code reading device, 42 ... ISBN code reading device 50 ... sorting machine, 51 ... accommodation container, 60 ... slip issuing machine,
61 ... Delivery slip 100 ... Book order management facility

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A book order management facility that receives a book order, sorts the received books according to an ordering party, and issues a sorted book slip, receives the book orders, and receives each book received. An order registration method that gives a management number, an inventory management method that manages the inventory of books, an ordering method that orders books from the publisher, an arrival registration of the books ordered by the publisher and a receipt that specifies the sorting destination. With respect to the registering means, with respect to the book for which an order has been received by passing signals to and from each of the means, an allocation of the stock item in the stock management means, an order to the publisher when there is no stock item, and a book in the receipt registration means An arrival registration, a book tracking means for judging the sorting of the ordered books and the stocks allocated by the stock management means for each order destination, and outputting the judgment result to each means, The book tracking means has a storage means, and the management number assigned by the order registration means is stored in the storage means for each order destination and for each book, and further executed by each means according to the judgment result issued to each means. A book order management facility for storing processing information as well, further comprising display means for displaying the information stored in the storage means for each order destination and each book. 2. The book order management facility according to claim 1, wherein the storage means stores an order date and time for each book ordered, an urgency level, an order number for each order destination, and a shipping date to the order destination. A book order management facility characterized by being stored. 3. The book order management facility according to claim 2, wherein the book tracking means has priority processing for allocating inventory items in the inventory management means according to the emergency processing information and whether or not the ordering means can place an order with the publisher. A book order management facility, characterized in that it makes a judgment about the above and outputs the judgment result to each means. 4. The book order management facility according to claim 1, wherein the ordering means describes a management number assigned by the order registration means in a bar code form, and a slip issuing means for issuing a slip attached to the book. Included, the arrival registration means has a barcode reading device,
A book order management facility for reading a bar code of the slip attached to a book and sending the book management number to the book tracking means. 5. The book order management facility according to claim 1, wherein the arrival registration means reads the identification code of the book written in the book and sends the read information to the book tracking means, and the book tracking means A book order management facility, characterized in that the storage means stores the arrival of books by the identification code. 6. A book order is accepted, the accepted books are sorted according to the ordering party, and a voucher for the sorted books is issued. A management number is assigned to each book accepted upon receipt of the book order. Means for giving information about books, order information, and order processing status together with a management number, and means for updating the order processing status information in the storage means according to changes in the order processing status A book order management facility comprising: means for sorting books based on information in the storage means; and means for issuing shipping slips.